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CHAPTER IV CAPTURED
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As Thuria, swift racer of the night, shot again into the sky the scene changed. As by magic a new aspect fell athwart the face of Nature. It was as though in the instant one had been transported from one planet to another. It was the age-old miracle of the Martian nights that is always new, even to Martians—two moons resplendent in the heavens, where one had been but now; conflicting, fast-changing shadows that altered the very hills themselves; far Cluros, stately, majestic1, almost stationary2, shedding his steady light upon the world below; Thuria, a great and glorious orb3, swinging swift across the vaulted4 dome5 of the blue-black night, so low that she seemed to graze the hills, a gorgeous spectacle that held the girl now beneath the spell of its enchantment6 as it always had and always would.
"Ah, Thuria, mad queen of heaven!" murmured Tara of Helium. "The hills pass in stately procession, their bosoms7 rising and falling; the trees move in restless circles; the little grasses describe their little arcs; and all is movement, restless, mysterious movement without sound, while Thuria passes." The girl sighed and let her gaze fall again to the stern realities beneath. There was no mystery in the huge banths. He who had discovered her squatted8 there looking hungrily up at her. Most of the others had wandered away in search of other prey9, but a few remained hoping yet to bury their fangs10 in that soft body.
The night wore on. Again Thuria left the heavens to her lord and master, hurrying on to keep her
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majestic
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adj.雄伟的,壮丽的,庄严的,威严的,崇高的 | |
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exhausted
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growled
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meager
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hideously
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inhuman
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repulsive
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undo
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consternation
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alas
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int.唉(表示悲伤、忧愁、恐惧等) | |
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immediate
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elude
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accomplished
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darted
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shrill
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fully
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intercept
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dagger
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warrior
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dodge
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sinister
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motive
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interferes
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relinquish
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(液体,火焰等)喷出,(使)涌出( spurt的过去式和过去分词 ); (短暂地)加速前进,冲刺 | |
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apparently
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lobster
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n.龙虾,龙虾肉 | |
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